Russia on Monday praised China for being a major driver of global change that seeks to reverse the old order of colonial and neocolonial practices. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the remark at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the BRICS Council gathering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil….
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS ON NIGERIA’S BID TO JOIN BRICS. IT IS WRITTEN BY HONOURABLE FEMI ADEBISI JP, A MEDIA CONSULTANT Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, recently in Russia, said that Nigeria has the intention to join the BRICS group within the next two years. This is against the backdrop of Nigeria’s economic challenges,…
BRICS, the bloc of five major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has announced new members on Thursday. According to report, the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and Government started Tuesday, August 22, and is to end Thursday, August 24 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The…